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Revision as of 12:51, 5 June 2006

Jun 5 - Ballmer sneaks in 'security': "All I said anywhere is quality, quality, quality, quality, quality. The betas are just out: Quality, quality. I get an e-mail from a customer who's says 'I'm worried about the following problem with the beta.' That's what betas are about. I say: 'don't worry. Quality, quality. We're just working on quality.' We will ship quality, security, quality. The features set is all there. Now it's all about performance, quality, quality. If I get e-mail 'Should I worry about what you're going to ship if you're forced to ship on blah blah blah?', I say 'quality."

Jun 4 - How to irritate users in the name of security: "CAPTCHA's flaws are prompting academics, independent computer programmers and some Web companies to craft new variations that they hope will be easier for humans to decipher but harder for computer programs."

Jun 2 - "No indication data was misused"...(snicker): 1,000,000 more Americans information can sleep well at night knowing that their information is being safely protected by the free credit monitoring they get. If you're playing fast and loose with people's data, you should get familiar with res ipsa loquitor.

Jun 2 - Mitnick blames people: "Software is always going to have bugs because there are human beings behind it doing the development. Hopefully, universities teach secure coding practices...Hopefully, there will be an educational process and companies will actually do source code audits before they release their software and also train their people in secure coding practices."

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 ; '''Jun 2 - [http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5932859.html Mitnick blames people]'''
 : "Software is always going to have bugs because there are human beings behind it doing the development. Hopefully, universities teach secure coding practices...Hopefully, there will be an educational process and companies will actually do source code audits before they release their software and also train their people in secure coding practices."
-; '''Jun 1 - [http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=25401&CategoryID=1 Coders too cool for school?]'''
-: "Keep the flaws out from the beginning and you have bought yourself several pounds of prevention. Baking security in up front is logical and makes good technical and business sense; however, getting your developers on board with security training is not necessarily going to be an easy task."
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